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A woman prison officer attached to the New Amsterdam Prison, who allegedly attempted to sneak in a quantity of cannabis into the prison on Sunday, has been arrested and an investigation has been launched.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday advised that murder charges be levelled against a teenager and a man, in relation to the death of businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali, who was found bound and gagged in her Mahaicony home last week Monday.

A decision in the trial of Carvil Duncan, the former director who is accused of stealing almost a million dollars from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), is slated for tomorrow.

A post-mortem examination on the remains of 13-year-old Mariza Kissoon, who succumbed last Thursday at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after collapsing at her school, could not determine the cause of death.

There are no specific regulations stipulating the preservation of a site after a mining accident, according to acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Newell Dennison.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday criticised the government for slashing the proposed budgets for 17 constitutional bodies, while saying the reductions would undermine their independence and see less scrutiny.

At the trial of Jahryl Reid, who is accused of murdering Mabura businessman Colin McLean, witness Oscar Hector yesterday recalled being overcome with emotions after discovering his friend’s lifeless body.

A 22-year-old man was yesterday charged with the murder of Abdool Ameer Subrati, the father of two who was fatally shot by bandits when they stormed a house at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara last week.

Troy Van Doimen, who police caught with over 30 pounds of marijuana at his Bartica home, did not waste the court’s time yesterday; when he stood before a city magistrate, he pleaded guilty to a trafficking charge, for which he was sentenced to four years in jail.

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 59 people were killed and 117 critically wounded when gunman stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, government officials said today.

A taxi driver was yesterday granted his release on bail after he denied fraudulently converting $200,000 belonging to a client to his own use and personal benefit.

MANCHESTER, NH/ST AUGUSTINE, Fla (Reuters) – US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed rival Donald Trump yesterday for saying that the week-old effort to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the control of Islamic State was going badly.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after they each denied a charge of one cannabis possession.

 CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government and opposition yesterday announced surprise talks for the weekend to deal with a worsening political standoff since the suspension of a referendum drive to remove unpopular President Nicolás Maduro.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is considering waiving visas for visitors from the United States, Japan, Canada and Australia to boost tourism, and could eventually extend the plan to include China, a tourism ministry spokesman said yesterday.

  The driver who was involved in an accident more than one week ago and which claimed the life of boat builder Clement Skeete has been released on $150,000 station bail as the investigation continues.

After more than three weeks, the Barbados authorities have called off their search for the two missing Guyanese fishermen.

 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations hopes it can raise $200 million for payments to families of more than 9,300 cholera victims in Haiti and to communities worst-affected by the outbreak of the disease, which has been blamed on Nepali UN peacekeepers.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Hundreds of women marched again in Polish cities yesterday to oppose proposals for tight restrictions on abortion after earlier protests effectively scuttled a near-total ban on terminating pregnancies.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors yesterday asked a court to sentence a deputy minister accused of graft to nine years in prison, in a case that could undermine President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s bid to show he is tough on corruption.